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General View Of Bridge, Looking Southwest By 240 Degrees

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

Overview: Lost wooden Howe through truss bridge over Cispus River
Location: Lewis County, Washington
Status: Destroyed in January 2002 flooding
History: Built 1939; Washed out 2002
Builder: - Civilian Conservation Corps (Builder)
Design: The planning of the Cispus Valley Bridge illustrates the cooperation between the U.S. Forest Service and local governments that developed during the Great Depression. Construction of the bridge linked three significant participants in local, regional and national history: Lewis County, the Forest Service, and the Civilian Conservation Corps, which provided the labor as part of a Depression-era program to provide work for the jobless. Cispus Valley Bridge may be the longest single-span wooden bridge in the State of Washington (200 feet).
(HAER WA-65)
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 200.1 ft.
Total length: 416.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +46.44746, -121.86414 (decimal degrees)
46°26'51" N, 121°51'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 10/587240/5144391 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Tower Rock
Inventory number: BH 34374 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/1997): Appraisal: Not deficient
Sufficiency rating: 74.0 (out of 100)